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If you did well on either of these tests please tell me about how much you studied, how you studied, and what books you used. Also, please include your score. Thanx!

By quarky on Friday, February 14, 2003 - 06:22 pm: Edit

Math IIC -- taken once:
0 minutes of studying, no books used, 800. Took calculus and statistics that year (junior year).

Bio-E -- taken twice:
7 days, 2 hours/day. Kaplan. 630 and 600. At the time I took these tests, I had completed only one semester of high school biology, which was my freshman year (and i took the test as a senior).

By Top Hat Dingo on Friday, February 14, 2003 - 06:45 pm: Edit

bio e - bought the kaplan book, read it cover to cover, made notes, took tests, etc... for one month. averaged a 610 on practice tests. 2 nights before test. went to concert, got trashed, came home. night before test. went to party, got trashed, came home.
770.

By Jason817 (Jason817) on Friday, February 14, 2003 - 06:54 pm: Edit

Quarky: Did stats help for 2c?

By DXIW on Friday, February 14, 2003 - 07:59 pm: Edit

2C IS REALLY EASY, I JUST LOOKED OVER BARRONS AND REA TO BE SURE I KNEW MOST OF THE TOPICS, BUT I DIDNT REALLY STUDY HARD. ITS EASY TRUST ME, I GOT AN 800.

By Jason817 (Jason817) on Friday, February 14, 2003 - 08:37 pm: Edit

Well i didn't

By Smiles on Friday, February 14, 2003 - 09:22 pm: Edit

Math IIC--740, one time
I just skipped school the Friday before and spent about half the day going through the Kaplan book for math (the other half for writing) and did a practice test...

By hey on Friday, February 14, 2003 - 10:41 pm: Edit

DXIW are you tipically really good at math? What math class were you in when you took the SATII?

By ChemWizard on Saturday, February 15, 2003 - 02:12 am: Edit

I took Math IIC as a Sophomore. At the time I was in Alg II/Trig Honors. We were only a few chapters in when I took it. I used Kaplan, got a 760.

By mathdork on Saturday, February 15, 2003 - 04:11 am: Edit

barron's rocks-790 2c

By mendel on Saturday, February 15, 2003 - 08:36 am: Edit

Biology-M 780 in junior year - did not specifically prepare for exam, took two biology courses in high school, summer college level bio course for junior high students at Truman State University, Hughes Life Science Summer Program at University of Iowa for high school juniors, and read a lot of books on genetics for fun - Never heard of Barron's and Kaplans's.

By ash on Saturday, February 15, 2003 - 10:41 am: Edit

I took Bio-M freshman year, got 800. No specific studying for the SAT II. I got all my studying done when I took the AP Bio test a few weeks before the SAT II. Both are a piece of cake.

By hey on Sunday, February 16, 2003 - 10:23 pm: Edit

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By smile..: on Monday, February 17, 2003 - 12:48 am: Edit

i got a 720 on the Bio-Ecological. i took if at the end of my junior year right after my AP test, so i didn't do any extra studying.

By hey on Monday, February 17, 2003 - 06:22 pm: Edit

I bought the barons book for Biology and the information there seems so irrelivant. They go into the food pyramid and discriptions of illegal drugs. Has anybody used this book?? Is it crap, or do I really need to know these things??

There tests also seem to be super detailed. I know barons tests are usually hard, but they are usually possible

I used the barrons book to prepare for the writing SAT II a few months ago and I liked it a lot...but the biology one does not seem too god. Thoughts??

By Incognito (Incognito) on Monday, February 17, 2003 - 10:01 pm: Edit

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By bump on Tuesday, February 18, 2003 - 05:26 am: Edit

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By bump on Tuesday, February 18, 2003 - 11:03 pm: Edit

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By 790bio on Wednesday, February 19, 2003 - 05:03 pm: Edit

790 molecular bio....took AP bio and regular bio the year before (a joke class). Just study the way you would for AP.

By jamu86 on Wednesday, February 19, 2003 - 06:52 pm: Edit

I got a 790 Bio-M. I started studying the week of the test for about 1-2 hours a night, which included taking practice tests. The Kaplan book and the Cliff's AP Book or helpful. The Barron's book is a wealth of info YOU DO NOT NEED TO KNOW! I averaged 640-680 on practice tests...which REALLY ARE NOTHING LIKE THE REAL THING!!!!
Good luck...

By hihi on Wednesday, February 19, 2003 - 08:39 pm: Edit

760 bio. Climbed from a 630 after taking AP. Barrons was helpful. Cliffs ain't that good in my opinion.

By G on Friday, February 21, 2003 - 08:43 pm: Edit

I got a 760 on the Bio-E. I am a senior, and I got a C in the one Bio class I took in tenth grade. I read an out dated book from 1999 when there was a general Bio test and another Sparknotes cover to cover. Both were helpful. Practice tests are your best friend! I got practice scores from 630-690. Be sure to read up on things you got wrong. During the test I was really unsure of how I was doing and alot of things came down to two answer choices so I had to guess. I didnt get an 800 but with a C in bio in tenth grade, a 760 was gold to me. Good luck and pick up Kaplan and Sparknotes!

By supernova on Saturday, February 22, 2003 - 04:31 pm: Edit

ugh... i took bio after freshman year of biology honors...didn't study too much got a 700....decided i could improve my score to a 750 if i studied...so i studied retook it fall of my sophomore year...got a 680!!!!.... plus 700 i still had scorechoice...and 680 i didn't.... i think i'll release my 700 tho... should i??

By Studying Pays Off on Saturday, February 22, 2003 - 06:40 pm: Edit

Bio-M, 750

Kaplan is an excellent study aid. I would stay away from Princeton Review-- they don't go very in depth with the material. I had both the SAT II: Biology and the AP Biology study guides from Kaplan; the AP book goes slightly more in depth, which is always a plus, but the SAT book had some good practice tests. One tip-- memorize the hormones. There were at least 6-7 questions on my test that dealt specifically with knowing what certain hormones did. Good luck when you take it.

By hey on Saturday, February 22, 2003 - 10:39 pm: Edit

Studying Pays Off are you talking about plant hormones or human hormones? Also, if I got the AP Kaplan book, should I get the SAT II Kaplan book as well. Are they really different and do you think there was anything in the SAT II book that the AP one did not have (other than practice SATs)?

By dxiw on Sunday, February 23, 2003 - 02:05 am: Edit

I'm a junior taking multivariable calculus and differential equations. But the math 2c stuff is basic precal. There was only maybe 1 question on conics, most of the test was trig. There were a couple probability questions. Overall, I thoguht it was really easy. It was 85-90% trig and basic algebra stuff. The barron's is light years ahead of it in difficulty.

By Liquidlibra (Liquidlibra) on Friday, April 18, 2003 - 07:51 pm: Edit

Hey - I'm from a French school, so I basically had to learn the whole SAT bio curriculum thing from scratch -it's doable - read and learnt all of Kaplan and Princeton Review in about a month, did bio-M got 710 (and got into Harvard ;) ). ça m'a même beaucoup aidé pour les cours d'SVT (j'ai fait le concours général et eu 18 au bac blanc... on verra pour le vrai...)